Joseph Beuys: Parallel Processes

Ackermann, Marion, Muller, Maria, Boehm, Gottfried

ISBN 10: 3829604823 / ISBN 13: 9783829604826

Published by Schirmer Mosel, 2010

About this Item

This is a fine hardcover copy with a fine dust jacket with no wear at all. Completely clean. This monograph is a massive survey of Joseph Beuys work prepared to accompany the exhibition in Dusseldorf at the Kunstsammlung Nordrhein Westfalen from September 11, 2010 to January 16, 2011. Curated by Marion Ackermann and Isabelle Malz with contributions by about a dozen writers. Illustrated in color and black & white. List of Works with 279 works catalogued. Bibliography. 12" high X 9" wide, 430 pages. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.

Seller Inventory # 019339

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Joseph Beuys: Parallel Processes
• Publisher: Schirmer Mosel
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3829604823
• ISBN 13: 9783829604826
• Binding: Hard Cover
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Exhibition Catalogs:European Art

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Synopsis

24 years after his death, artist, teacher, and activist Joseph Beuys (1921-1986) is celebrated with an all-inclusive exhibition organized in his hometown Dusseldorf. A highly controversial artist during his lifetime, for whom artistic practice, teaching and political activism were were wedded to each other, he is considered today one of the most important figures of 20th century avant-garde art, mentioned in the same breath as Marcel Duchamp and Andy Warhol. He revolutionized sculpture by using new materials such as felt, honey and grease, which enabled him to explore and represent psychological subjects of unparalleled breadth and intensity. Making our notion of sculpture flow and expand, he also dissolved it by translating his vision into actions that oscillated between happenings and mime and reminded many viewers of shaman rituals. In his early drawings based on abstract forms Beuys developed an idiosyncratic iconography palpitating between fairy tale and fantasy.

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24 years after his death, artist, teacher, and activist Joseph Beuys (1921-1986) is celebrated with an all-inclusive exhibition organized in his hometown Dusseldorf.